The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 1956
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
7:54 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 415
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.2° / 153.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.62° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.72° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.